Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 |
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... fhall understand you fixed , Í fhail be glad and diligent " to entertain you with home novelties , even for fome " fomentation of our friendship , too foon interrupted in the " cradle . " * Et jam bis viridi furgebat culmus arista , Et ...
... fhall understand you fixed , Í fhail be glad and diligent " to entertain you with home novelties , even for fome " fomentation of our friendship , too foon interrupted in the " cradle . " * Et jam bis viridi furgebat culmus arista , Et ...
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... fhall wave the difcuffion of that point which was started some years fince , Whe- ther Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an Heroic Poem ? Those who will not give it that title may call it ( if they please ) a Divine Poem . It will be ...
... fhall wave the difcuffion of that point which was started some years fince , Whe- ther Milton's Paradise Lost may be called an Heroic Poem ? Those who will not give it that title may call it ( if they please ) a Divine Poem . It will be ...
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... fhall only remark in this place , that the foregoing obfervation of Ariftotle , though it may be true in other occasions , does not hold in this ; because in the prefent cafe , though the persons who fall into misfor- Dij CRITIQUE ON ...
... fhall only remark in this place , that the foregoing obfervation of Ariftotle , though it may be true in other occasions , does not hold in this ; because in the prefent cafe , though the persons who fall into misfor- Dij CRITIQUE ON ...
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... fhall fhew more at large in another paper ; though , considering all the poets of the age in which he writ were infected with this wrong way of thinking , he is rather to be admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did ...
... fhall fhew more at large in another paper ; though , considering all the poets of the age in which he writ were infected with this wrong way of thinking , he is rather to be admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did ...
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... fhall tempt with wand'ring feet The dark unbottom'd infinite abyss , And through the palpable obfcure find out His uncouth way , or fpread his airy flight Uphorne with indefatigable wings Over the vaft abrupt ! So both afcend In the ...
... fhall tempt with wand'ring feet The dark unbottom'd infinite abyss , And through the palpable obfcure find out His uncouth way , or fpread his airy flight Uphorne with indefatigable wings Over the vaft abrupt ! So both afcend In the ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid againſt alſo angels appear'd arm'd arms beast becauſe behold beſt bright call'd cherubim cloud creatures dark darkneſs death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes Fable faid fair fame Father fhall fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch gate glory gods grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill himſelf Iliad itſelf JOHN MILTON King laſt lefs leſs light live loft mankind Milton moſt muſt night o'er obferved ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST perfons pleas'd poem poet praiſe rais'd reign reply'd return'd round Satan seem'd serpent ſeveral ſhall ſhape ſhould spake Spi'rit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd uſe vex'd Virgil wand'ring whence whofe whoſe wings worſe
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Էջ 107 - But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Էջ 201 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on— In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy, am...
Էջ 53 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Էջ 199 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Էջ 98 - This may be well; but what if God have seen, And death ensue? then I shall be no more, And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct: A death to think...
Էջ 137 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Էջ 25 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Էջ 49 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Էջ 187 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Էջ 160 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages, and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers T In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace...